{"id":1127,"date":"2024-01-14T15:35:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T13:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forestflavors.gr\/cornus-the-tree\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T09:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:17:13","slug":"cornus-the-tree","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forestflavors.gr\/en\/cornus-the-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"THE TREE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<section class=\"section has-parallax\" id=\"section_2036048333\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" data-parallax-container=\".section\" data-parallax-background data-parallax=\"-10\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1731\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/forestflavors.gr\/wpcore\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/cornusinbuds1-scaled.webp\" class=\"bg attachment- size-\" alt=\"cornusinbuds1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-bg-overlay absolute fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-collapse\"  id=\"row-2026461308\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1275087010\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  data-animate=\"fadeInUp\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner dark\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-1792356504\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1792356504 {\n  padding-top: 5rem;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-2543039269\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.6rem;\"><strong>THE TREE OF LIFE<br><span style=\"font-size: 1.3rem;\">: : \u03ba\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u03b9\u03ac \u2013 \u03ba\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u03ad\u03b1 \u2013 \u03ba\u03c1\u03b5\u03b1\u03bd\u03b9\u03ac \u2013 \u03ba\u03c1\u03b5\u03b1\u03bd\u03ad\u03b1 \u2013 \u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03ba\u03b9\u03ac \u2013 \u03b1\u03ba\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u03b9\u03ac \u2013 \u03bc\u03b1\u03c5\u03c1\u03bf\u03b2\u03b5\u03c1\u03b3\u03b9\u03ac : :<\/span><\/strong><br><\/span><\/h5>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2543039269 {\n  font-size: 1.3rem;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"text-center\"><div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"margin-top:1rem;margin-bottom:1rem;max-width:5rem;background-color:rgb(170, 43, 43);\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2rem;\"><strong>Epicurus: &#8220;It is vain to ask of the gods what man is capable of supplying for himself.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;\">Everything is related to life has duration and energy and comes back into our lives in a thousand ways. Cornelian cherries have gained the respect and preference of consumers because they were and still are a means of defending life either in the form of pharmaceutical preparations or food or through their wider use.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;\">\u2022 In <strong>Homer&#8217;s Odyssey<\/strong>, Circe gives Cornelian cherries to Odysseus and his companions to help them regain their strength (&#8220;\u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03c0\u03cc\u03bd \u03ba\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ac\u03ba\u03c5\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd \u03b2\u03ac\u03bb\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd&#8221;). Since antiquity, the energizing effect of cornelian cherries on a fatigued body had been observed, attributed to their high content of vitamins A and C, as well as numerous antioxidants and minerals such as iron.<br>\u2022 The <strong>Ancient Greeks<\/strong> used cornelian cherries to treat gastrointestinal disorders, indigestion, and heart-related ailments.<br>\u2022 <strong>Dioscorides<\/strong>, the father of botany and pharmacology, recommended \u201ccornelian cherries preserved in brine\u201d as a remedy for various gastrointestinal disturbances and dysentery. All plant parts can be used. Not only the fruit, but also the stiff and hard wood of the skull (Theophrastus) gave solutions to many difficult problems. Bows, arrows, spears and clubs found their suitable material of manufacture.<br>\u2022 The <strong>Trojan Horse<\/strong>, according to the texts of Pausanias, was made from Cornelian cherry wood coming from the sacred forest of Apollo, on Mount Idis in Troy.<br>\u2022 The <strong>Sarissas<\/strong>, the innovative and oversized Macedonian spears renowned for their durability, were made from Cornelian cherry wood.<br>\u2022 The <strong>Lycians<\/strong>, according to <strong>Herodotus<\/strong>, chose Cornelian cherry wood for their bows.<br>\u2022 The <strong>Gordian bond<\/strong>, which was impossible to break, was made from the cortex of the Cornelian cherry wood.<br>\u2022 The seer <strong>Tiresias<\/strong> was supported by a cane made from Cornelian cherry wood after he was blinded by the goddess Athena when he saw her bathing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;\">The uses of Cornelian cherries are numerous The red paint is used for <strong>leathers<\/strong>, but also for painting <strong>Easter eggs<\/strong>, had its basis in the Cornelian cherries. The traditional &#8220;<strong>\u03ba\u03bf\u03c6\u03af\u03bd\u03b9\u03b1<\/strong>&#8221; (hives) used by beekeepers were also made from Cornelian cherry wood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;\">Various reports from many countries such as Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, England, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia, Bulgaria, Albania, Russia, Poland, and Ukraine highlight the benefit of the fruit mentioning that it is an inspiration for them to take care of life.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1275087010 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px;\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #col-1275087010 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_2036048333 {\n  padding-top: 60px;\n  padding-bottom: 60px;\n  background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\n}\n#section_2036048333 .section-bg-overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.73);\n}\n#section_2036048333 .section-bg img {\n  object-position: 0% 43%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_2036048333 .section-bg-overlay {\n    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #section_2036048333 .section-bg-overlay {\n    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1420119586\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-bg-overlay absolute fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-collapse\"  id=\"row-1003797255\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1574725812\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  data-animate=\"fadeInUp\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner dark\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-1851922648\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1851922648 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.5rem;\">BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION<\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"text-center\"><div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"margin-top:1rem;margin-bottom:1rem;max-width:5rem;background-color:rgb(170, 43, 43);\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;\">\u0392\u03b1\u03c3\u03af\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9\u03bf | Kingdom<br>\u2022 \u03a7\u03bb\u03c9\u03c1\u03af\u03b4\u03b1 | Plantae<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u0386\u03b8\u03c1\u03bf\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03b1 | Clade<br>\u2022 \u03a3\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03cc\u03c6\u03c5\u03c4\u03b1 | Spermatophytes<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u03a5\u03c0\u03bf\u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03af\u03c1\u03b5\u03c3\u03b7 | Clade<br>\u2022 \u0391\u03b3\u03b3\u03b5\u03b9\u03cc\u03c3\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03bc\u03b1 | Angiosperms<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u039a\u03bb\u03ac\u03c3\u03b7 | Clade<br>\u2022 \u0394\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03c4\u03c5\u03bb\u03ae\u03b4\u03bf\u03bd\u03b1 | Dicotyls<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u03a4\u03ac\u03be\u03b7 | Order<br>\u2022 \u039a\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u03ce\u03b4\u03b7 | Cornales<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u039f\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03b3\u03ad\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1 | Family<br>\u2022 \u039a\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03b5\u03b9\u03b4\u03ae | Cornaceae<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u0393\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 | Genus<br>\u2022 \u039a\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u03b9\u03ac | Cornus<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u0395\u03af\u03b4\u03bf\u03c2 | Species<br>\u2022 \u0391\u03c1\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae | c. mas<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1420119586 {\n  padding-top: 20px;\n  padding-bottom: 20px;\n  background-color: rgb(58, 81, 92);\n}\n#section_1420119586 .section-bg-overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.593);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section has-parallax\" id=\"section_1061392099\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" data-parallax-container=\".section\" data-parallax-background data-parallax=\"-10\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1731\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/forestflavors.gr\/wpcore\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/cornusinbuds1-scaled.webp\" class=\"bg attachment- size-\" alt=\"cornusinbuds1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-bg-overlay absolute fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-collapse align-middle\"  id=\"row-1259811311\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1248189969\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  data-animate=\"fadeInUp\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center dark\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-433199736\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-433199736 {\n  padding-top: 40px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.5rem;\">CHARACTERISTICS \u2022 MORPHOLOGICAL ELEMENTS \u2022 PESTS<\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"text-center\"><div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"margin-top:1rem;margin-bottom:1rem;max-width:5rem;background-color:rgb(170, 43, 43);\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\t<div id=\"text-1210981453\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2rem;\"><strong>Epicurus: &#8220;We are grateful to blessed Nature, because she made what is necessary easy to acquire and what is hard to acquire unnecessary.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2rem;\">Gifts of wisdom and pleasure<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;\">In the forests of semi-mountainous and mountainous regions with an altitude of 300 m to 1.400 m, where the annual rainfall exceeds 600 mm, the Cornelian cherries grow and strengthen. Roots deep, fibrous, to stabilize the soil on the slopes where it grows naturally, preventing possible erosions. Deep roots, to survive centuries of life, since a super-centenarian forest tree can reach 250 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;\">The height of the tree ranges from 2 to 9 m. The growth speed of the plant is slow compared to the other trees in the forest. Every year it grows from 30.4 to 69.5 cm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;\">The Cornelian cherry tree loves permanence so transplant attempts are not easy. As a mountain tree, it can withstand low temperatures down to -36\u00b0C, but is affected by summer heat above 40\u00b0C.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;\">During its systematic cultivation, water is necessary even in mountainous areas and especially when the &#8220;agricultural drought&#8221; is intense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;\">The tree in Greece grows naturally in various types of suitable soils including sandy to loamy and acidic to alkaline, but it shows greater growth and produces robust fruits in light soils, rich in organic matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;\">The Cornelian cherries bloom first when winter comes to an end\/becomes softer, after the Alkyonides Days, in the month of February. Yellow flowers precede the leaves, consisting of four sepals, four petals, three to five stamens (usually four), a pistil and grow in inflorescences. Bees are fed with rich nectar and pollen from its flowers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;\">The leaves are elliptical, 6 to 14 cm long and 3 to 8 cm wide, and have the ability to adjust their color to each season. In spring they are light to dark green. From summer to autumn, they are green, gradually turning into orange, pink and purple.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;\">Red fruits, sometimes oblong and sometimes round, ranging from 10 to 35 mm, impress with their deep color. Sometimes they are found in pink-black &#8211; red &#8211; and very rarely in yellow shades. They ripen from the end of July to the end of October (depending on the climatic conditions) and are ready to eat. As philosophers typically claim, prediction is wisdom and this seems to be the case with Cornelian cherries as well. In the same time period as the fruits, the next year&#8217;s buds are created. The production of fruits from seedlings starts from the 7th year and gradually increases. Young shoots are fluffy green and gray in color. And the bark peels off and the color palette is gray-brown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;\">A proven enemy of plants in Greece, but also in other European countries, are lepidoptera. In addition, fungal infections of the species \u201cPhytophthora spp.\u201d and attacks by the phytopathogenic bacterium &#8220;Colletotrichum acutatum&#8221;, which causes spots on the leaves, rot and fruit drop, have been reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<center><span style=\"font-size: 1.2rem;\"><strong>\u2022 Fewer enemies, apparently innumerable friends \u2022<\/strong><\/span><\/center>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1210981453 {\n  text-align: left;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-1756163664\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1756163664 {\n  padding-top: 40px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<a data-animate=\"bounceInUp\" href=\"\/shop\" class=\"button white is-underline\" >\n\t<i class=\"icon-shopping-bag\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t<span>SHOP<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\n<a data-animate=\"bounceInUp\" href=\"https:\/\/forestflavors.gr\/en\/\" class=\"button white is-underline\" >\n\t\t<span>THE FIRST STEP<\/span>\n\t<i class=\"icon-expand\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n\n<a data-animate=\"bounceInUp\" href=\"https:\/\/forestflavors.gr\/en\/ecosystem\/\" class=\"button white is-underline\" >\n\t\t<span>ECOSYSTEM<\/span>\n\t<i class=\"icon-expand\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n\n<a data-animate=\"bounceInUp\" href=\"https:\/\/forestflavors.gr\/en\/cornus-our-story\/\" class=\"button white is-underline\" >\n\t\t<span>OUR STORY<\/span>\n\t<i class=\"icon-expand\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1248189969 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1061392099 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n  background-color: rgb(0,0,0);\n}\n#section_1061392099 .section-bg-overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);\n}\n#section_1061392099 .section-bg img {\n  object-position: 0% 43%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-transparent-header.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1127","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forestflavors.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forestflavors.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forestflavors.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forestflavors.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forestflavors.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1127"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/forestflavors.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5279,"href":"https:\/\/forestflavors.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1127\/revisions\/5279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forestflavors.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}